Telecom Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in California

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $51.00hr - $56.00hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in low-voltage design, telecommunications consulting, IT construction project management, or structured cabling program delivery.
• RCDD certification (or actively pursuing).
• Working command of TIA-568/569/606/607, BICSI TDMM practice, NEC low-voltage provisions, and applicable local building and fire code.
• Ability to read and markup architectural, electrical, and telecom drawings.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, or Bluebeam for review and redline.
• Demonstrated experience directing low-voltage subcontractors and general contractors, including SOW authoring, submittal review, and change-order control.
• Deep understanding of network room infrastructure including racks, containment, grounding, power distribution, cooling, and fibre/copper plant design.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce specifications, site reports, and closeout packages to a professional standard.
• Ability to operate with minimal direction in ambiguous, fast-moving construction environments.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Facilities, Network, AV, Security, and End User Support stakeholders to establish IT requirements for each project at the design stage.
• Review architectural, electrical, and low-voltage drawings against standards; issue formal design comments and track resolution.
• Produce construction documents, specifications, and installation standards for low-voltage cabling contractors.
• Define equipment placement within network rooms including rack elevations and positions for network gear, security and BAS panels, service wall fields, pathway and containment routes.
• Specify pathway, grounding/bonding, fire-stopping, labelling, and testing requirements in line with TIA/BICSI standards and local code.
• Develop ROM and BOM for new builds and refreshes; drive procurement of long-lead materials against project milestones.
• Oversee low-voltage contractors through installation, ensuring work is delivered to design specification and quality standard.
• Issue Statements of Work and detailed working instructions to vendors; review and validate submittals, RFIs, and change orders.
• Walk construction projects on a regular cadence and issue written site reports capturing feedback, defects, and corrective actions.
• Manage punch-list closure, acceptance testing, and test-result review prior to sign-off.
• Compile and record close-out documentation including as-built drawings, test results, warranty certificates, and labelling schedules.
• Ensure all newly delivered infrastructure is loaded into Netbox/Nautobot and CMDB before project closure.
• Conduct formal handover walkthroughs to ensure operations inherit a documented, supportable environment.
• Capture lessons learned and feed improvements back into design standards and vendor specifications.
• Maintain a forward view of network room capacity including available ports, fibre strand counts, PDU outlets, rack units, and power headroom.
• Plan and scope lifecycle refresh initiatives for cable plant, racks, and power infrastructure.
• Support regional power shutdown planning from an infrastructure design and risk perspective.

Nice to Have:

• 10+ years of related experience, including delivery of ground-up building or large campus fit-out projects.
• Additional BICSI credentials (DCDC, OSP, RTPM) or PMP.
• Experience delivering lab, cleanroom, or high-density compute environments.
• Proficiency with DCIM/CMDB platforms, and with SQL, Python, or PowerBI/Tableau for capacity and program reporting.
• Prior experience at a large-scale technology company or hyperscale operator.
• Due to nature of job The candidate must have Ability to walk construction projects on a regular cadence.

Skills:

• RCDD.
• Datacenter.
• Design.
• Low-voltage design.
• TIA-568.
• TIA-569.
• TIA-606.
• TIA-607.
• BICSI TDMM.
• NEC.
• AutoCAD.
• Revit.
• Bluebeam.
• Netbox.
• Nautobot.
• CMDB.

Qualification And Education:

• RCDD certification (or actively pursuing).
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, or Construction Management.